Eatin’ Local: Food truck fills belly, fills need

Sizzling sausage and steaming eggs wrapped in tortillas were the thing on Saturday morning, with breakfast being served at the Texas-side Texarkana Farmer’s Market.

The meal maestros were Oscar and Dixie Hernandez, owners and operators of the increasingly well-known bright yellow 1621 trailer, which normally occupies a position over on Texas Boulevard.

“The fritter was good, but I expected that having had their food before,” said Ken Guthrie of Texarkana, Arkansas. “I’ve known Oscar for 20-something years, but I’m going to go wherever the yellow trailer goes. I’m excited to have a chance to have their food.”

“Oscar is my partner in life as well as business,” said Dixie Hernandez. “This is our first farmer’s market here and we are making it a special multi-cultural event.”

Oscar Hernandez continued busying himself over his stove, pausing long enough to say, ”It’s been busy … but real good.”

“Ah yeah, this has been great,” said Dixie Hernandez. “It is all about supporting local. Our food is local in ingredients, local farmers and producers.”

“Yeah, come out and try us,” said Oscar Hernandez, “Let us be a blessing!”

Conner Ribble was a first-time farmers market goer, present with his wife and two kids.

“I saw Lot 1621 on Facebook, saw they were going to be here,” he said. “So I had to come out and give them a try. It is important, even more so in the COVID situation, to come out and support the farmer’s markets on both sides of the state line.”

Staff photo by Junius Stone ■ Oscar Hernandez, cook and co-owner of Lot 1621, the bright yellow trailer that made an appearance Saturday at the Texas-side Texarkana Farmers Market, hands Ken Guthrie of Texarkana, Arkansas, his freshly made breakfast. Fans both new and old lined up for the breakfast, which emphasized local ingredients, some from the very farmers working the market that day.